|  | 8.3 | Environmental Factors
| 8.3.2 | Power conditioning

Protect your equipment from irregularities in your building's electrical wiring. The easiest way to protect your network and computer equipment is to put it on separate circuits in your building. This will solve some but not all power-related problems. Other devices that can be used to control electrical irregularities are listed below: Isolating transformer: Controls voltage spikes and high frequency noise. Regulators: Maintains a constant output voltage despite changes in the power line's voltage over a long period of time. It handles such problems as brownouts and voltage surges. Line Conditioner: This is a regulator with an isolating transformer built in. Uninterruptible power supply: Basically this is a battery charger that charges a battery that in turn powers the computer. This device will allow the computer to run even if there is a power failure.